Game 130: A Happy Day

It’s a gorgeous day for a baseball game in New York, and the Yankees have to be feeling a bit better about how things are going after last night’s win over the Blue Jays. They’ve got a chance to win the series today — it would be their second straight series win — and as I always say, off-days always feel so much better coming off a win. Let’s hope Thursday’s a great off-day. Here’s the lineup…

hello again my friends. after the hangover of the red sox dodgers blog blaster trade i started thinking. first i realized that big trades can happen if a players is on whaffle vaivers and since red sox traded thier 3 bestest players all players in the game are on the whaffle vaivers. hm said big member if its so easy to get good players like beckett shouldt yankees trade? and i looked at our team. big member gathered a lot of data and found out that right now our bggest hole is 1b.
wow big member are you silly we havemark texera you may say. well i bring you the news that mark texera is injured. that is very bad news. mark is a good defender. remember mondays game? when swisher coldnt catch the ball when lowes tried to pick of the runer? texera makes that play with his eyes closed.

i looked and looked for a good replacemtn for him and i found a very god player a payer so good he has been top 10 in mvp voting in every year. for the last 6 years. he has won the rookie of the year and the mvp. in back to back years . a real slugger. a masher. ladies and gentlemens may i entroduce……ryan haward

why oh why would phillies trade their slugger big member? that’s becasue they suck. cliff lee is one f the worse pitchers in game. he he has 3 wins. how many wins does roy halladay have? 0. you know your team is in trouble when your number 1 and 2 starters have 3 wins combined. and i have the perfect guy to trade for him. the guy who if traded will have he second highest win total for the fihghting phills. that man is ivan nova.

nova has been so so this year. even tho he has 11 wins he has a era of alsomst 5. haward however would be our clean up hiter. he can easily hit 50 bombs in yankee stadium. he is under contrct untl 2016. we can esily move him to LF when tex comes back.

Anthony

A+

jjyank

Best work yet, IMO. Where is this man’s guest post?

Get Phelps Up

You are the best.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Meh…I feel like your slipping BM. You’ve been gone for almost a week, and this is what you come back with? C+. I thought about a C-, but that would’ve been too harsh. You’re better than this though. At first it looked natural, now it looks like you’re forcing it a little bit.

http://fendersonandhampton.com Cuso

Yeah, the spelling errors and run-on sentences are attempting to pass off as blatantly illiterate, but yet knows detailed history of Howard’s award standings – doesn’t jibe.

Poor effort

Jim Is Bored

Starting to try too hard.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Glad I’m not the only one who noticed.

Alkaline

Yeah, the first few times you didn’t know if he was serious or not. Now it’s just obvious trolling.

Today should be a big day for Andruw and Curtis. They are due for a breakout game and they have Pearce protecting them. CC needs to get deep into the ballgame if not finish it himself.

jjyank

Okay, now I’m convinced that even you can’t possibly believe your own words.

Sweet Dick Willie

Trolls usually don’t.

http://twitter.com/stumpwoodley Bunt Gardner

I think someone has picked up Eddard’s handle.

Todd

Pearce??!!! Good God…

DERP

Joe Mauer is on waivers. Should the Yankees claim him?

The Real Greg

If he gets to them.

Samwise Eddard

The Dodgers have already claimed him and offered him a 15 year, $350 million extension.

Jim Is Bored

If I hear another variation on this joke I’m going to cry.

*Cue more dodgers+mauer+lotso’money jokes.

Get Phelps Up

No way with that contract.

blake

Yes….just to see Hal freak out.

Mandy Stankiewicz

good post, but i think doc is 8-7.

The Real Greg

Honestly i would rather have Nix bat cleanup. I am up to here with Andruw Jones.

Get Phelps Up

I’d rather go for the kill and hit Chris Stewart cleanup.

Brian S.

So what are we going to call Phil Hughes’ cutter-slider? Slutter?

jjyank

Phil and his nasty slutter. I like it.

Robinson Tilapia

+1,000,000

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

The Yankees are going to win today. I feel it in my bones, because for the first day this week, nothing shitty as happened to me yet, and it’s almost 1pm, and I’ve had a very productive day so far, leading for the opportunity for bad things to happen.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Plus Big Member’s back, and WSR is trading at over 13 for the first time since their most recent secondary offering. Now if Ford could get back over 9.5 I’d be happier than a pig in shit.

jjyank

Luck you. I’m running this bank with 4 people total, including myself (thanks to a combination of vacations, peolpe out sick, and meetings). Plus I have to fill the ATM on Wednesdays, which means manually counting about $115,000.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

That must be the most depressing thing ever…counting all that money that’s not for you. Definitely the biggest reason I could never work in a bank, I get sad counting the ~$1000 dollars in the draw here at the end of the day, knowing it’s not mine.

jjyank

Meh, after a little while you kinda just start viewing money like a waiter views food.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

You mean with an “ugh, if I have to look at that god damn skirt steak again I’m going to be sick?”

jjyank

Pretty much. I feel like I’m at work when I’m counting money out of my own wallet when I’m at store.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Lol, outside of paying for a bus pass and buying a new wallet today, I don’t remember the last time I used cash. Debit/credit cards are so much easier.

Btw: In and out of the New Jersey DMV in under an hour today!! I was so proud of myself.

jjyank

Haha congrats. I use cash if I’m going to a bar or something with people, easier to divy up the tabs that way. But otherwise, yeah, I use my cards. Still.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

That is true, see I’m more a smoker than a drinker, as are most of my friends. We’re much more likely to hang out at somebody’s house and burn than go out and spend money at bars (it’s sooo much cheaper.)

jjyank

I agree, but the grown up world prefers both drinking and bars, unfortunately :P

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Lol, the grown up world has no need to know what I do behind closed doors =P

Darren

yo i’ll count that shit for you. lemme see it for a second?

Robinson Tilapia

I’m home sick!

Alkaline

I feel like CC is going to dominate today. Same with with offense. Calling a win by 7+ runs.

Luisergi

Fucking day, middle of the week, games!
Stuck at the Fucking office!

Hoping for the good fellas of RAB to keep me informed.

jjyank

You and me both, brother.

Luisergi

It sucks doesn’t it??

I wish i was still a kid, i’d be out of school right now on my way to watch the game.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Welcome to my life, I hope you guys are at least allowed to listen to it on the radio/computer/smart phone.

Luisergi

My phone went down!! (fucking pool parties)

And everything, potentially entertaining, is blocked on my work computer, even blogs, i don’t know how i’m able to read RAB (thank God anyway).

So yeah it sucks.

JohnC

At least the Oriole series is on a weekend, so you won’t miss those games

Luisergi

I sure won’t
I just miss day-games played monday trough friday.

JohnC

Well, this Monday is a day game in Tampa Bay, but fortunately its Labor Day so you get to see it!!!

Luisergi

Shiiiiiiiit!!!! forgot about that!!!
Not Labor day in México buddy…
:(

jjyank

I get crappy service in here, the best I can do is Gameday on my phone, and RAB (obviously).

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Damn, at least I get the docile tones of John and Suzyn.

BaltimoreYankee

You work at a fucking office? Nice. I only get blown in mine.

Luisergi

HAHA Believe it or not, It actually seems that way sometimes.

CUYanks

Beautiful 1 pitch out. Keep that pitch count down!

Brian S.

Anyone else read about FDP on fangraphs today?

Darren

Suzyn just made about 4 mistakes within her first 30 seconds on the air. Maybe she was up late partying?

BTW, Roy White was on Boomer & Carton this morning. I love that man, what a cool dude.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

awww…damn, what were they? I was outside having a smoke before the game started.

Darren

nothing major but they were literally one after the other…:

(1) “Paul Cottier with the salute to America, sorry, salute to Amercans” (2) “tonight’s, I mean TODAY’s starting line-up” (3) “Ed Hickox, the starting third baseman, I mean, third base UMPIRE”
then she tried to throw it to Sterling but she called him “old man shriveled nuts”

Ok, only 3 of those actually happened.

http://fendersonandhampton.com Cuso

I’m guessing 1, 3 and 4 happened.

and then John replied “Thank you, Dusty Vag”

Darren

i lol’d! nice one. wasn;’t Dusty Vag an excellent pinch hitter back in the day?

TomH

How many have you made today?

Darren

Zero.

By the way, was Suzyn respectful to you and her mother growing up, or was she sassy?

TomH

Let me tell you, you can be sure that at your age she wasn’t nearly so callow.

Hurt you didn’t I? Made you realize you were an asshole.

Darren

I’m an asshole for pointing out that Suzyn made a bunch of mistakes?

Listen, I like her personal take on the players and how she defends them, but she is a horrible, horrible broadcaster in so many ways. She has no sense of timing with John, she butchers things constantly and her voice isn’t exactly mellifluous. Anyway, in case it wasn’t clear, I was taking your extreme sensitivity to my original post and joking around that you must be her Dad, because no one else would have gotten so easily offended by an innocuous comment. I’m sorry if you took it another way.

Cy Pettitte

defensive clinic this inning

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Breaking it out early today: Chris Stewart: DEFENSIVE CATCHER

CUYanks

Nice 9-pitch inning, even with the error. Looks like CC is attacking the strike zone today.

The Real Greg

Still very efficient from CC. Under 10 pitches

Need Pitching & Hitting

Yankees need CC to go deep today.
Good to see the Blue Jays seem willing to cooperate.
Hopefully the defense decides to go along with the plan as well.

Darren

Are you ripping off my haiku stylings?

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Wow, Happ throws a little harder IRL than he does in The Show, normally I wouldn’t bring up The Show as a comparison to a real life player, but if anything the game adds a few MPH to pitchers fastballs instead of taking away.

Brian S.

The Jays are probably going to pick up Davis’ option aren’t they?

Brian S.

Gameday says two of those balls to Swisher were strikes? Confirm?

VCR1111

Is Gameday’s strikezone accurate at all? In that Swisher at bat, there were 6 pitches (all strikes according to gameday) but he walks.

Brian S.

Gameday isn’t 100% accurate. More of a ballpark estimate. But two of the strikes looked like there’s no way they could have been balls.

Robinson: That white thing at your feet, that’s home plate. If a ball isn’t going to cross over that area, don’t swing!!

The Real Greg

Thank you Jones for proving me wrong.

DERP

Where the haters at?

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Right here; one hit does not make a slump over.

JobaWockeeZ

Wow someone that’s consistent on both sides of the spectrum. Bravo.

Brian S.

I don’t like Druw anymore but I’m glad he got a hit.

Brian S.

Attaboy Druw

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

RISPHITS!!

VCR1111

Yes sir!!

Samwise Eddard

And that’s all CC needs to take us home. Well done by Andruw. Let’s hope they pitch around Grandy to lose the bases for Pearce.

Jimmy Is Key To David’s Cone

Andruw Jones did something!

jjyank

Andruw!

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Then Jones breaks up a DP..maybe I’ll have to ease up on my hating.

Brian S.

I’ll take the RBI groundout. The Yankees have been playing a lot of smallball lately.

The Real Greg

When the lineup is this riddled, that’s what they have to do.

Todd

Great job by Pearce protecting Curtis and Andruw!!!!

Samwise Eddard

It worked like a charm didn’t it? Genius move by Giradi.

Todd

Indeed, Eddard, Indeed.

Jimmy Is Key To David’s Cone

Joe G created those runs because his intuition told him that he should bat Jones cleanup — show faith in him and he’ll respond like a veteran should. It’s great to have a manager with this much know-how and knowledge of the game, makes it possible to win a few extra games which really counts when the division gets close at the end of the season.

Get Phelps Up

Jeter should be on that poll.

Yankee Fan 1

not watching, what’s the poll question?

Get Phelps Up

Who had the biggest bounceback season in the AL? The choices were Morales, AJax, Dunn, and 2 other players who I can’t remember.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

But Jeter has been great since about June of last year…The real answer should be Dunn. Ajax: it’s more of a break out than a bounce back, Morales: did he even play last year after breaking his leg two years ago. Dunn: Probably the least productive player in the AL last year to a legit power threat again.

Yankee Fan 1

Ahh thanks. I can see Jeter in the conversation, but Dunn should probably win comeback player of the year.

The Real Greg

Chris Stewart just got jeweled.

Cy Pettitte

hopefully Yunel knocked some defensive ability into him.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Two innings <20 pitches. CC really setting himself up to real deep into this game while our two biggest bullpen arms probably aren't available. But he's not an ace.

http://fendersonandhampton.com Cuso

Setting up to piss me off. I was hoping to fake an injury to leave work early and catch the last couple innings, but this has 2:32 written all over it.

7.09 It is interference by a batter or a runner when—
(a) After a third strike he hinders the catcher in his attempt to field the ball;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadgeek/ Roadgeek Adam

Rule 6.06(c) Comment: If the batter interferes with the catcher, the plate umpire shall call ?interference.? The batter is out and the ball dead. No player may advance on such interference (offensive interference) and all runners must return to the last base that was, in the judgment of the umpire, legally touched at the time of the interference.

This is what Kay referenced. This is most accurate I believe compared to 7.09 above.

CUYanks

Just further in 6.06 (c) If a batter strikes at a ball and misses and swings so hard he carries the bat all the way around and, in the umpire?s judgment, unintentionally hits the catcher or the ball in back of him on the backswing before the catcher has securely held the ball, it shall be called a strike only (not interference). The ball will be dead, however, and no runner shall advance on the play.

Robinson Tilapia

Is Happ out of the game? Poor Blue Jays.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Defensive Clinic today.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadgeek/ Roadgeek Adam

Damn it Nix. Possibly DP there.

Robinson Tilapia

Professional error there by Nix.

Get Phelps Up

Professional Baseball Player error right there.

Robinson Tilapia

Great minds….

The Real Greg

2 dinky hits and an error

Robinson Tilapia

The shittiest bases loaded, no outs jam ever.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadgeek/ Roadgeek Adam

Yankees have a serious problem when it comes to 7-8-9 issue this week it seems. Getting crucified in this area.

Kramerica Industries

Are you fricken kidding me with how the Jays are getting on base?

Robinson Tilapia

This calls for a mercy triple play.

Dela G

Beautiful DP!

JLC 776

If there was ever a bases loaded, no out jam that I felt like we can get out of, it’s this one.

JLC 776

Ha! Reverse jinx!

JLC 776

Fuck!

Robinson Tilapia

Professional redemption double play.

Cy Pettitte

well that was the ideal double play.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadgeek/ Roadgeek Adam

Excellent defense for a change!

Kramerica Industries

Nix atones.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

The baseball player redeems himself.

Get Phelps Up

That makes up for the error, Jayson.

Robinson Tilapia

There has to be a joke about Joba and Uganda somew here.

Brian S.

Nixy!

Darren

typical CC. too bad we don’t have an ace.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

My cell phone signal decided to cut out (curse this stupid old building I work in), so I can’t even listen to the game. I’m depending on you guys.

(Never thought I’d see the day where I missed John and Suzyn.)

Robinson Tilapia

Holy shit! CC just punched out the umpire! Mariano’s back!

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

EVERYTHING IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD.

Kramerica Industries

Couldn’t get out unscathed.

Dela G

damn, when the hell did encarnacion get so good? Man he’s stepped up since he got traded to toronto

Robinson Tilapia

Argh. Could have been worse with encarnacion, I guess. Still a bunch of dinky dunk bullshit.

What a day for you not to get reception. Jeter is actually IN THE LINEUP as Minnie Mantlez. Nice boobs on Mantlez.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Wait… what?

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Something tells me his iPad spell-check thing had a lot to do with this post.

Robinson Tilapia

No. She said she can’t hear the game and is counting on us. I’m just telling her what happened.

Can’t believe Russell Martin got up and retired in the middle of the inning.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

I prefer this version of the game. I’m about to rip my hair out because of this no-good job I’m at. Any version of this game is MUCH appreciated.

Robinson Tilapia

I’d be sitting through a three-hour administrative meeting and missing this game right now if I wasn’t home sick.

Darren

being home sick is worse than a meeting. feel betta. nestle crunch and some apple juice will get you better.

VCR1111

Awful! After getting that double play this happens…just awful.

Cy Pettitte

on a scale of not ace to ace: not ace.

The Real Greg

WRONG.

All the runs are unearned.

Cy Pettitte

so? he got 2 outs and then fell behind the next 3 batters and ended up giving up hits to all 3.

The Real Greg

With one true hit ball, a dinky hit and a ball just down the line.

Wil Nieves Number 1 Fan

Cool, bro, let’s just ignore that CC gave up hits to Adam Lind and Yunel Escobar.

Robinson Tilapia

What’s worse:

1) The “ace” stuff

2) The “giving up hits to non-stars” stuff

I actually think #2 might be worse.

Wil Nieves Number 1 Fan

They’re both incredibly annoying, but I admittedly participate in #2. I threw a fit when he gave up a homerun to Elliot Johnson last year.

Robinson Tilapia

Yes, but self-awareness makes all the difference sometimes. You know it’s silly and are just expressing frustration at that moment in time, not a general rule that everyone should bat .000 against a good pitcher.

Tom Q

Everyone knows that non-stars should hit -.250 against the Yanks

Brian S.

+1

http://twitter.com/stumpwoodley Bunt Gardner

-1

Robinson Tilapia

Just no. Please god, no. I’m home sick today. None of this “ace/not ace” business. Save it for when I have my full physical faculties.

Jim Is Bored

I wish.

Wil Nieves Number 1 Fan

These last two runs should be charged to CC.

Dela G

FINALLY, the inning is over

The Real Greg

All of the runs are unearned. dinky hits, balls finding holes and an error.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadgeek/ Roadgeek Adam

Well, I’d rather start expecting a loss now then hope we pull out a win, because this offense has been a nightmare this week.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadgeek/ Roadgeek Adam

Pardoning Monday of course.

Robinson Tilapia

Greg?

Frank

Jays got a couple cheap hits this inning but DP took care of that. Those 3 runs are on CC- bad pitches to Encarnacion, Lind and Escobar.

jon

The worst part is that with this pathetic offense its gonna seem like it 13-2 and not 3-2, this lineup is so bad.

http://fendersonandhampton.com Cuso

I decided to follow the game solely by refreshing the RAB page.

It’s…..interesting. How the moods shift within seconds is pretty funny.

Robinson Tilapia

I hope you have proper neck support. It may cause complete whiplash once we retake the lead.

http://fendersonandhampton.com Cuso

My eyes feel like the first time I went to see Blair Witch Project in the theater back in ’99

Robinson Tilapia

Much like that movie, I bet this won’t be as fun to go through the second time around.

I went by myself to that. First “feel sorry for myself and sit alone in a movie theater” moment after breaking up with a longtime ex. Of course, I’d meet my now-wife about a month after that.

Get Phelps Up

There was like, 1 hard hit ball that whole inning.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

NOT AN ACE!

The Real Greg

Which is why I am not getting on CC for that inning.

Robinson Tilapia

Thank God. I wonder how it would have affected CC otherwise.

BUT WHAT WILL THE MEDIA SAY?!?!

Wil Nieves Number 1 Fan

lololol

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

So, I’m curious…what makes CC not an ace, literally 12 hours after THE BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL in Justin Verlander gave up 8ER against the KANSAS CITY ROYALS.

Robinson Tilapia

That didn’t happen. Impossible. Aces don’t ever make inferior players make contact with the bat.

Stop getting your baseball scores from MSNBC.

JLC 776

Just people wanting to talk themselves into jumping off of buildings… damn annoying.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

…Robbie, really? Swinging at the first pitch after a 4 pitch walk?

The Real Greg

Swinging at that next pitch was worse.

Robinson Tilapia

It didn’t get any better after that.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

I love robbie. I really do. But he has basically zero plate recognition compared to even sub-par major leaguers.

Need Pitching & Hitting

That was a rather pathetic AB.

Samwise Eddard

Not sure we’ll score again until we get back around to Pearce.

Dela G

man, happ is a fucking strikeout machine

cashthegenius

Our Big guys make their scrub pitcher look like CY Young, their Scrubs make our Ace look like a number 5

CUYanks

Cy Young with 2 er’s in < 3 innings?

Need Pitching & Hitting

Cy Young has a 12.00 ERA so far today.

Robinson Tilapia

….and you make stuart sound positive.

JLC 776

Seriously, how small is the strike zone today? Gamecast is making everything looks like called balls right on the edge of the zone.

Samwise Eddard

Now walk Granderson to set up Pearce with the bases jacked.

JLC 776

You know Pearce is awesome because he batted cleanup yesterday….

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

C-GRAND!!!!!

Dela G

GRANDYMAN DELIVERS!

Wil Nieves Number 1 Fan

Wow, Rajai, that was really bad.

Jersey Joe

THANK YOU GRANDY!

Cy Pettitte

lol what the fuck Davis? I’ll take it.

The Real Greg

The Grandy Man!

Need Pitching & Hitting

Thank You Rajai!!!

Samwise Eddard

Pearce knocked that run in by instilling fear from the on deck circle! What a genius Girardi is today.

Get Phelps Up

Rajai Davis wanted so badly to see Pearce bat that he purposely misplayed that ball.

http://twitter.com/stumpwoodley Bunt Gardner

How many different handles do you have now? And not just the versions of Eddard.

Robinson Tilapia

Cuso whiplash moment.

http://fendersonandhampton.com Cuso

hahah yep

Brian S.

A Granderson double. Now there is a rarity.

Wil Nieves Number 1 Fan

All Yankee players should be eye black / war paint. It’s gritty.

Wil Nieves Number 1 Fan

wear*

Robinson Tilapia

Sammy’s not long for this place, is he?

The Real Greg

Probably not.

Robinson Tilapia

At least he was worth a couple of laughs.

CUYanks

With every Pearce at bat, Casey McGehee cries a little more in single A.

Robinson Tilapia

“Why does Dante Bichette’s 12 year-old kid keep following me around?”

Kramerica Industries

Jack Curry really should be more involved on YES telecasts.

The Real Greg

So the luck evens out.

Wil Nieves Number 1 Fan

That wasn’t luck. That was a really shitty play by Davis.

The Real Greg

I know. That’s what makes it luck. Jays capitalized on shitty play by Nix.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

What’s going on in the game now???

Robinson Tilapia

Rain delay.

I know. Sunny in Brooklyn as well. Fucking Bronx.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Bwsahahaahahaha

Jag

Sunny in Midtown too.

Kramerica Industries

Oh motherfucker, I was guessing Jimmy Key on that trivia question.

Drafted by Toronto.

Drafted in 1982.

Won a World Series with the Yankees.

BUT, he was NOT drafted 30th overall. So close.

The Real Greg

Gotta be Boomer

Steve T

Isn’t it Cecil?

Steve T

Nope, it’s Boomer. Cecil was drafted by KC in 1982, but made debut with Jays. My bad.

Kramerica Industries

Well, Kay agreed with me.

I’m wondering if that should scare me a bit.

Athenian

The Yankees have so many mid and low .200 hitters it makes one think they are looking at an Oakland A’s line up from 2-3 years ago.

Never thought .250 or lower would be an acceptable batting ave in the majors. Somewhere Mario Mendoza is eying a comeback and a batting title.

Robinson Tilapia

Injuries will do that. You can’t be three deep everywhere.

Just get healthy before October and hold the other teams back in September.

Athenian

No kidding. Looking at Toronto is well actually looking a AAA team. So bad example there.

The Real Greg

Adam Dunn, Jared Saltalamacchia, Ike Davis…

need I go on?

Need Pitching & Hitting

Spouting out names of random baseball players?

Yes, please continue.

The Troll

Adam Sandler, Subway Jared, Betty Davis . . .

Need I go on?

Athenian

So your saying they are the standard? I just read it as over rated, suck and why are you in the majors.

Brian S.

Batting average doesn’t mean much if you make up for it in other areas. Curtis Granderson is still an above average hitter because of his OBP/SLG., even though he doesn’t actually get hits that often.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

all he sees is “Blah blah blah numbers blah blah blah” and thinks “no, batting average is easy to understand so it’s all I care about.”

Get Phelps Up

It’s like stuart and RBI’s!

jjyank

punch and judy hitters….the lot of ’em….

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Athenian

Seriously? It was an observation. Good grief, not some absurd attempt to explain the complexities of time and space.

I get the need to pounce on my comments like a schoolyard bully but seriously, it was just a comment.

Bunt Gardner

Your comments are jumped on because the always come off as whiny and negative.

Robinson Tilapia

Athenian’s been a bit more negative as of late, but it was a good month or so where I thought their comments were more middle-of-the-road.

Bunt Gardner

True…they did have a decent stretch for a while.

Athenian

Negative is such an ugly word. Actually it is the opposite, expect the worse, get confirmed results, feel better that you didn’t waste time believing in something that won’t happen.

as for the whiny, that is only because I talk though my nose with a deep NY accent – can’t be helped.

Bunt Gardner

Can’t agree with the philosophy, but I will give you props for the “whiny” reply…lol

Athenian

Your right. Granderson is actually more beneficial than batting average.

Get Phelps Up

Shutdown innings!

Alkaline

Yikes. I missed a lot. Was doing laundry and the washer decided to break. The old man and I had to mop up.

I’m thankful for afternoon game today. Golfing tonight. Tis a good day to have off.

Jimmy Is Key To David’s Cone

Good to see CC bounce back but I’m still worried by how bad he looked in the inning before…they should bring Phelps in soon, he’ll take care of it.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Hey guys, a new troll! Hi friend!

Alkaline

Hi!

jjyank

*waves*

Robinson Tilapia

Nah. Bring in Hughes.

Get Phelps Up

Re acquire Wise and bring him in.

jjyank

Is it too late to get Chris Davis from the O’s?

Get Phelps Up

That would be disrespectful to Flanny.

Samwise Eddard

What a pickup Ichiro has been. And now he’s doing it against lefties!

Need Pitching & Hitting

Ichiro!

Actually doing something against a lefty!

Cy Pettitte

nice AB Stewie

Alkaline

God he’s fast!

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Chris Stewart…why are you on my baseball team?

Get Phelps Up

I think George Kontos would be a better hitter than Chris Stewart.

Cy Pettitte

probably a better catcher too

Need Pitching & Hitting

Nah, I hear he can’t frame worth a shit.

The Real Greg

This is interesting. Swisher’s been very hot of late

Jag

Hopefully they don’t squander 2rd and 3rd, no outs. I’d like to see at least one run out of it if not more.

JLC 776

Alright, Swish… stay hot, my friend.

Brian S.

WTF we’re batting again? What happened to the top of the 4th?

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Non-Ace CC Sabathia happened.

JLC 776

Non-Ace ™ happened.

Robinson Tilapia

Cancelled. Erica, please take note.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

I must compile a list of the goings-ons after this game is over and will draft my own game summary.

Robinson Tilapia

5th inning YMCA was taken over by a bunch of Ron Paul supporters trying to start their own convention.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Hurricane over YS now?

Robinson Tilapia

Only over the visitor’s bullpen. Real strange sight from above. Poor Casey Jannsen, or whatever the fuck his name is. Poor Tom Henke.

Dela G

jeter, feared

Jag

I’m sure they are hoping for the DP

Samwise Eddard

Here’s yet another chance to blow a game open. One time, double in the gap.

Swish, you can’t swing at a pitch then complain when the next pitch in the same pitch is called a strike.

Kramerica Industries

Oh criminy.

Insurance runs would be really nice. It would be nicer not to torpedo a promising inning.

Need Pitching & Hitting

Do something useful Robbie.

The Real Greg

That 1-1 pitch forced Swisher to swing at that one.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

The 1-0 pitch and the 1-1 pitch where almost identical according to gameday.

The Real Greg

So?

They were’nt strkes. Umpire ruined this whole inning potentially.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

He swung at the 1-0 pitch. It’s really hard to get angry at a borderline call when you swung at the same borderline pitch.

The Real Greg

It wasn’t a strike anyway. The differnce between 1-2 and 2-1 is enormous.

Robinson Tilapia

The comment section after this half inning might be a lot of fun.

Dela G

agreed

Luisergi

What happened??? More RISPfail???

Darren

Cano is about to double in the gap.

Darren

or strike out.

/Dionne Warwick’d

Need Pitching & Hitting

Swing at the balls.
Take the strikes.

JLC 776

The helpful gameday scout just informed me that Happ has plenty left in the tank!

Kramerica Industries

Unreal.

The Real Greg

Umpire ruined that whole inning with that one strike call. Ridiculous.

Robinson Tilapia

Erica, you won’t believe this. The Yankees had guys standing at each base, even though they were still batting, and they just stayed standing there until the inning was over.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER! MASS HYSTERIA!

http://fendersonandhampton.com Cuso

Very nice, very nice

Dela G

wow JA happ was cliff lee this inning after those bases were loaded

Samwise Eddard

There’s no excuse for this. Yes, Stewart made 1 out but then we had our best hitters up with a chance to blow the game open. In this lineup, those top 3 have to produce with men on. There is no Robertson, there is no Soriano today.

CUYanks

4 runs in 4 innings. The offense is doing fine so far.

Robinson Tilapia

You get in that clubhouse and tell them that, Eddard!

Brian S.

lolololol

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

well..that wasn’t fun.

Jag

It’d be really nice to have a stress free blowout… it seems like it’s been forever since the Yankees did that.

wow

well, that’s dreadful. nothing new there.

The Real Greg

That 1-1 call to Swisher changed the whole inning.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

It’s really hard to get angry at a borderline call when you swung at the same borderline pitch.

The Real Greg

I don’t care. If it’s a ball, it should be called a ball. Whether he swung at he previous similar pitch or not, it’s still a ball.

Wil Nieves Number 1 Fan

Hey, Greg, I was just wondering what your opinion is on that 1-1 call to Swisher. Because you haven’t said it multiple times or anything…

Baltimore has an excellent road record, and a 4-2 record in New York this season.

Need Pitching & Hitting

Great play

stuart a

a mega risp fail from the losers.

stewart popping up is expected he sucks….the only people that think differently are al leiter and the stooges.

swisher not coming up big with RISP, what a foreign concept.

then we had the superstar cano do his thing. the guy has less rbi’s then curtis granderson!!a guy who is hitting 235 and usually has less opportunities…

Cano is a joke the guy should have 95 rbi’s for the season already if he could hit with RSIP….

they cannot blow out anyone even when the other team tries to give them the game…….

Nice Scheister

Fuck you, Ethel.

Get Phelps Up

How’s Ike Davis been doing?

Need Pitching & Hitting

Swish w/RISP this year 303/409/596

So yes, him not coming up big this year IS a foreign concept.

Oh, and Gladys?

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Come on Ilene. Cheer up.

http://fendersonandhampton.com Cuso

That spelling feels like Siamese twins named Eileen and Irene.

My eyes are bewitched again…..blairwitched again.

jjyank

oh stu….

your comments…just punch and judy comments….

your….a….joke…

The Troll

How is this team NOT the laughing stock of baseball right now? I know there are shittier teams, but this is the NYY! Injuries be damned! These juggernauts (bitch) were once 10 up in MLB’s toughest division! Is the bases loaded failure phenomenon this season’s theme/running gag or what? Anyone who doesn’t think this poonanny is straight up whackadelic is monumentally deluded. HOLLA ! ! ! ! !

Robinson Tilapia

Mild Tourette’s bout there, or sarcasm?

The Troll

All of the above, including hysteria. When the team’s top players need to step up they get two straight K’s with the bases loaded. Anger too. Lots of anger.

Robinson Tilapia

*hug*

Jag

Nice inning by CC

The Troll

This offense is, dare I say, Mariners-esque?

http://fendersonandhampton.com Cuso

I dare you

Cy Pettitte

RAB should really consider having a posts from the peanut gallery section where guys like Big Member, stuart a, etc. can write posts. for the site

stuart a

i forgot rbi’s is a meaningless stat. tell that to scott boras and gm’s… that is why rbi’ guys do not get paid well…

MY bad stat stooges….

Need Pitching & Hitting

Priscilla?

jjyank

yes….you are bad….

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Bunt Gardner

What does Mick Taylor think?

Darren

On the radio they’re talking about Pettitte doing his rehab in the majors with like 3 inning stints to start out (with Lowe or a call-up) backing him up, because they’re might not be any more minor league games.

Instead of a simulated game, don’t the Yankees have the respources to simply organize a game of Triple AAA players, independent guys, etc? W

Way better than a simulated game but don’t need to have Andy come back until he’s actually ready.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

They’ll figure something out. Remember this is Suzyn and some bum from the Daily News spit balling ideas. It’s not like they have an actual say in what happens.

Darren

Girardi has talked about the problem of no games for Andy and Arod to rehab, but I’ve never heard any reason why they cant put on a game just for their benefit.

stuart a

swisher ytd 303, wow. he is mashing all the way to 303.. give him 5 years $75 mill. the guy is a decent outfielder.

in yankee low expectations land 303 is incredible.. it is about 30 points above his avg. check out kyle seeger a avg players BA with RISP or adrian gonzalez…

303 puts swisher probably 2nd on the yanks to jeter with RISP. that shows how crappy this team is with RISP..

4 runs off a bum again………………

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

5/60 is a much better idea of what he’ll actually get.

Need Pitching & Hitting

stuart a: biggest idiot on the site or biggest idiot on the internet?

jjyank

Man, who pissed in your cereal this morning?

Get Phelps Up

man……….

who pissed………in your cereal……….

this morning……….

jjyank

I stand corrected.

Robinson Tilapia

He did himself.

stuart, you sick fuck.

jjyank

FALLACY

Luisergi

HAHAHA Seriously, though, why do you keep answering to this stuart clown?? At least Big member is kid of, sort of funny, but this guy is just not worth it. IMO.

jjyank

It’s fun. Nobody takes him seriously.

The Troll

The stellar offense continues to be stellar!

Kramerica Industries

So Vin Scully will be coming to New York.

Jag

I think he skips a lot of road games these days.

Robinson Tilapia

It’s me, the baby, and our regular Wednesday sitter. How the hell does this kid have completely different patterns with her than with us? Kid’s asleep for almost two hours now with every light in the house on?

I’ve seen second basemen hold the ball a shorter time and get the out call. Obviously Jones lost it, but he held onto it quite a stretch. Does the fact it ever popped out make it automatically no catch, or is there a time factor?

Robinson Tilapia

For the benefit of Erica, the stuff about Jones above had to do with his trying to order a fly ball be caught through SeamlessWeb.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Don’t you mean the spiderweb that Spiderman wove when he popped out of CC’s butt?

Jersey Joe

dammit

Need Pitching & Hitting

God fucking dammit CC

Cy Pettitte

now everyone defend CC

effthisnoise

giving up the lead on a homerun to a guy whose had 7 all year? Nah

Robinson Tilapia

Now’s not exactly the time, but I will to reply to something, at some point, with “how dare he not go into the HOF 300-0 for his career.”

effthisnoise

I get it, but this line up is garbage and this is crunch time. If he can’t shut down the Jays…its gonna be tough shutting down real line ups in the post season

Robinson Tilapia

It’s always tough to shut down a lineup in the postseason. One start is one start. He could turn around a pitch a perfect game in five days. Will you feel the same way then?

It’s like we only seen things in a straight line sometimes.

effthisnoise

we are watching THIS game right? so is it ok if people comment on THIS game. dont be a tard just to be one

And it’s a great thing we didn’t score any runs last inning with the bases loaded and Swisher and Cano up.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Robbie T is slacking.

Kramerica Industries

Motherfucker.

This is what happens when you can’t take advantage of opportunities. Unreal.

jay

Thats why you don’t bunt.

The Real Greg

That’s the one bad pitch CC’s made today.

Need Pitching & Hitting

False

Robinson Tilapia

We’d like to welcome all the trolls to our afternoon Happy Hour Special. We’ve got nothing but Nick Cave on the jukebox and special pissed-on cereal specials from stuart a.

Karl Krawfid

I really wished I believed this was a world series team.

Rocky Road Redemption

Glad to see CC’s pitching like the all-star he is.

wait, what?

stuart a

nah the extra runs last inning meant nothing.

this team is a joke.

fatboy andruw in right cannot move to catch a ball that a athletic rf makes in his sleep.

cano doing at the plate today against the incredibly tough aj happ.

this team sucks….all this talent wasted………….

Need Pitching & Hitting

Moe?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadgeek/ Roadgeek Adam

I hope someone comes after you with a slander lawsuit.

Andruw did his best to make that play. I hate Angel Hernandez as an umpire as is, but I seriously question his ability to make routine benefits of the doubt.

Bunt Gardner

Aww…did you leave your favorite Mets hat on the bus today?

Rocky Road Redemption

Dammit CC, I turn off Portal for this?

Jag

One bad bitch, but to Escobar? Their least likely home run hitters seem to be tagging us badly this series.

Samwise Eddard

CC’s day is done. Bring in Lowe and see if he can keep it close.

Robinson Tilapia

Haven’t watched CC Sabathia much in his career have you? I’ve seen him pitch worse than this and go at least seven numerous times.

Still down by one. It IS close.

Other than giving the world Sam Pearce, what a waste of bandwidth you are.

DERP

Couldn’t get Lind and Johnson out, smh

stuart a

cc has given up 8 hits.. so i do not know what game you are watching..

cano 138 or less with the bases loaded. sign the sack of sh-t to a 7 year $140 mill deal.. after all him getting lazy and complacent is not even a remote possibility…NAH

Need Pitching & Hitting

Larry?

Get Phelps Up

Why aren’t you banned?

JobaWockeeZ

Someone hasn’t been here for the Bo and Axl days.

jjyank

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The Troll

I think there’s a case that can be made that the Yankees are currently the worst team in baseball. I’m just too lazy and don’t care enough to make it . . .

Robinson Tilapia

They’re in first place. Can I pour you a drink?

The Troll

Yes, but as most of the homers on this site were so keen on saying just a few weeks ago . . . “They’re still 10 games up on the O’s and Rays” – – – Right now, as they stand, this offense is no better than the Astros or Mariners. As for CC, well . . . maybe he’s having an off year. I’ve never been one to attack the big guy.

Get Phelps Up

You need to watch more Mariner and Astros games.

The Troll

Perhaps . . . Why? Are they better than I’ve assumed?

Robinson Tilapia

Seattle, maybe. No reason for any sane human being to watch the Astros.

Robinson Tilapia

Did you really believe anyone was going to win the AL East by 10 games? I never thought so. It’s almost always a dogfight.

They’ve played .500 baseball since the ASB. That’s not good, but this would less noticeable if the Rays weren’t playing .700 ball, or whatnot. This isn’t a freefall of some sort.

This is a Yankee fansite. We’re homers. I’m certainly not apologizing for that.

thenamestsam

#ThingsPeopleWhoOnlyWatchTheYankeesSay

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

The Royals, The Astros, The Twins, The Mariners, The RedSox, The Padres, The Marlins, The Mets, The Brewers, the Cubs, and The Rockies at the very least all say HI!!

Frank

Two leads and gave them both back. This performance has been the rule rather than the exception this season for CC.

The Real Greg

CC, for the most part, has been victimized by dinky hits and errors. The home run was totally on him, but for the most part bad luck has bit CC.

VCR1111

Weren’t the Blue Jays struggling before they came to the Bronx? Weren’t the White Sox also struggling before they played the Yankees? WTF is going on!!

Karl Krawfid

Yankees have been struggling against everyone.

The Real Greg

Except Boston. And Seattle.

TomH

A parsimonious explanation for CC’s problem is not the meaningless “bad luck” but–and I hope I’m wrong–that arm problem.

CUYanks

7:0 k:bb indicates he probably isn’t pitching as poorly as the score suggests.

The Real Greg

Have you seen the hits off him today. Most are duck snorts that find holes and fall into shallow outfield

CUYanks

Still a very winnable game. After all, Happ’s at 100 pitches so we’re gonna get close to 4 bullpen innings.

The Real Greg

And another dinky hit. That’s like 5 or 6 of those type today

The Troll

They’re still hits. Dinky, fruity, putrid or not . . . They’re still the type of hits that the Yankees couldn’t hit for shit.

Karl Krawfid

CC’s horrible change up the past couple years has prevented him from being the dominate CC we saw in the 2009 playoffs.

DERP

Four hits this inning to guys hitting under 250. One of them a home run to a guy with an iso under 100. Pretty awful

VCR1111

Yanks have plenty of dudes hitting under .250 in the lineup today. Good news may still be in the future!

stuart a

cc gave up 4 hits in 1 inning and 5 in another.. newflash he has not been good today.

btw the jays pen is a strength of there’s not a weakness. ja happ is a weakness. the guy who has schooled cano 3 times already….

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Stuart A for STAFF ACE. Let’s go. Get in your pinstripes. PITCH FOR US.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

We can go with this option.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

PITCH FOR US. You are our staff ace, stuart a.

BE OUR C.C.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Or this one.

CUYanks

Shelley Duncan DFA’ed

JackC

This isn’t rooted in hard data and therefore I’m open to being wrong, but I feel CC’s been not consistently the same pitcher since he had the perfect game going last July against the Mariners and went back out after the rain delay.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Robinson Tilapia, I don’t know what’s going on unless you tell me. All this real baseball chatter is CONFUSING.

Robinson Tilapia

CC gave up the lead by giving up a home run to John Mayberry, Sr.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

YOu can do better and you know it.

Robinson Tilapia

CC gave up the lead because he tore off his pants and began chasing Yunel Escobar with his penis?

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Sure? Sure. Sure. Yikes.

Robinson Tilapia

This is how it always ends with big stars. Mental breakdown. Whip it out at some random intersection in LA.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

z0mg don’t tell me the Dodgers bought YS and moved it to Los Angeles…

Robinson Tilapia

….all the Dodgers turned out to be space aliens….except for Mattingly, of course, who they ate during this last half-inning.

In all this distraction, the Yanks stranded a runner at third.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Literally choking back laughter.

Rocky Road Redemption

You guys are starting to let stuart bother you way too much.

Take it from me and my run-ins with Greg, you’ll all be happier if you pretend he’s not there.

The old saying is correct: Don’t feed the trolls.

The Troll

But what if I’m dying of hunger? Would you feed me then?

Rocky Road Redemption

You may notice I used the term “the trolls” in LOWERCASE. This was intentional. You, sir, are fine.

Samwise Eddard

Unless CC has a dominant September, which he very well could, I would hand the ball to Kuroda for Game 1 of the playoffs. It seems like it’s a forgone conclusion CC will be the #1 but we should go with the best man and this year it’s been Hiroki.

CUYanks

With CC’s comfort with pitching on short rest, I want to see him starting early and as often as possible.

stuart a

if the yanks lose today they will ahve gone 3 and 3 against the indians and the jays…after getting swept by the chisox….

Eisntein was a lesser known Polish psychologist/theologist . . . Einstein, of course, was an Austrian fame whore who snorted a lot of coke.

Brian S.

If Nova was pitching this game everyone would be bitching about him getting DFA’d. But because it’s CC we will ignore that he has given up 5 runs to a AAA lineup.

TomH

Closer to AAAA, but I take the general point

The Real Greg

HAve you been watching the game. A majority of the hits CC gave up were soft and found holes. I’m not blaming him for that.

thenamestsam

Yup. Clearly looking at this thread just a bunch of people ignoring it. Nobody freaking out at all…

I’m guessing you haven’t been reading too closely, huh?

CC Is Not An Ace

It’s sad that Hughes can pitch well against Toronto, but our so called ace can’t.

Robinson Tilapia

This will all be made better by a Tracy Morgan Centerstage.

stuart a

it is true CC has been bad today, it happens even to stars. verlander got rocked last night.

true cc is not as good as verlander or king felix or even close but he is a top 10 starter making top 1 money. that is the yankee way pay guys on past performance…

jjyank

If you really are a trolling Mets fan, I feel really bad for you. Seriously got nothing better today? Your life must blow.

Need Pitching & Hitting

shemp?

Robinson Tilapia

MLB contracts should be like congestion pricing on highways.

Nice Scheister

Frances?

CC Is Not An Ace

Kuroda is the best starter on this team and it’s not even close.

CUYanks

I love the “it’s not even close” addendum, which somehow preemptively strengthens one’s argument.

CC Is Not An Ace

I just go by what I see. Kuroda has been much better. He should start Game 1 if this team makes the playoffs.

Darren

SHELLY DUNCAN WAS D/F/A’d.

We absolutely need to grab him. time to right a wrong, we never should have let that big goofy bastard go.

Robinson Tilapia

I may actually be down for this for purely perverse reasons.

Betty Lizard

Plus, we are informed that he’s one of the best if we have a bench-clearing brawl.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

JASON NIZ PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

SUZYN: “OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS”

amirite?

WHAT insanely professional thing did he do now?!

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Doubled down the line her exact quote “He always has good At Bats, he almost never is over matched.”

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

God, I love her.

Robinson Tilapia

But my mother-in-law would know EXACTLY what she’s talking about there.

DERP

Nix did something against a righty!

Kramerica Industries

Ichiro sure seems to be striking out a lot more these days, eh?

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Ichiro should be leading off.

/sarcasm

Brian S.

You have to PH for Stewart.

teddy

you bunt if your going to pinch hit chavez, as usual giradri failed

thenamestsam

6th inning buddy. No reason to play for one run here.

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Bunt with the great Ichiro? But he makes so much contact and adds such a different dynamic to the offense. Plus being in a pennant race will bring bat his bat speed!

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Giradri.

Robinson Tilapia

I love the consistency of teddy’s spelling his name that way. It’s been about four years of that.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

RIGHT? It’s as though he has autocorrect that decorrects.

Hall and Nokes

It sure seems like Ichiro is always up.

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

It’s unfortunate, isn’t it?

The Troll

They’re not getting the run in. Let us just accept the failure of losing a series to the Jays, okay? Good.

Kramerica Industries

Lead-off double, wasted.

Nine outs left to avoid dropping a home series to a ballclub that hasn’t won a series in over a month. I sure hope the Yankees can still find a way to avoid something that inglorious.

JLC 776

Can we just get out of this fucking month….

Cy Pettitte

3-3 against the Indians and the Jays. just lol.

The Real Greg

Blue Jays just seem to have the luck with them today. They also picked a good time to come in when the Yankees were injured.

Need Pitching & Hitting

I really hope this RISP slump doesn’t last as long as the May/June RISP slump.

CUYanks

What are they at today?

Need Pitching & Hitting

2-11
15 for last 83 (.181) last 10+ games

The Troll

Hey Mikey, baby. How about a harrowing piece that details the Yankees royal suckery of July and August. Jinx those rich bastards to hell. TO HELL I SAY!!!

Alkaline

That’s why we got him!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadgeek/ Roadgeek Adam

WOW!

JLC 776

Thank God we pulled CC – that inning was much better!

Robinson Tilapia

I believe Ichiro said something pretty nasty in Japanese to Axisa after catching that.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Was Kuroda standing by him lending emotional support?

Robinson Tilapia

Kuroda gave him a little ass-grab after the catch.

Brian S.

He didn’t even have to jump

Samwise Eddard

Maybe Swisher or Robbie can run into one this inning. We haven’t had a HR in almost 2 games. If someone can get on for Pearce maybe he hits one.

Kramerica Industries

“Kate Smith’s rendition of God Bless America”.

I don’t know if it’s the fact that I’ve heard that rendition HUNDREDS of times, or the fact that YES does the pathetic crowd pandering shots that you usually see all over Fox Sports networks…

But I’m quite tired of all of it.

The Troll

Agreed. Give me the Bieber anthem ANY day of the week. Eh.

Robinson Tilapia

Yeah, that’s gone about 10 years too far.

TomH

Come on ‘fess up: you hate the sentiment of the song.

Brian S.

Why don’t you go hate America someplace else.

Kramerica Industries

I have no reason to justify myself, since I know the intent of what I said and there’s no cure for closed-mindedness.

All I can say is, between citing the specific rendition when hundreds exist, and calling out YES for doing something I thought they were above – that is, crowd shots, which you never see during games otherwise, something that I actually really like about YES…

let’s just say that I don’t see how America actually has anything to do with this.

Brian S.

I was being sarcastic. I actually agree.

thenamestsam

One of the weirdest pitching performances I ever remember. CC completely dominating except for two innings where he gave up 9 total hits, most of which were bloops or seeing-eye.

The Real Greg

Thank you. Somebody decided to actually look at the game.

Hummingbird S.

So we should just pretend those innings never happened. It will make you feel better for sure.

Robinson Tilapia

I agree with the second sentence. I’ve seen games like this before, though. We’ve seen them this season, even.

thenamestsam

Sure you see them, but this is about as stark as I’ve ever seen the contrast. 8Ks, 0 walks, low pitch count despite all the extra batters faced, very few hard hit balls. Everything about this start has been dominating. Except his luck on balls in play and his sequencing. Basically this start is why someone came up with FIP.

Kramerica Industries

Here’s a novel idea:

don’t waste this double.

effthisnoise

thats crazy talk

Robinson Tilapia

Someone hand Robbie Cano a map to home plate.

Samwise Eddard

Robbie’s only chance of scoring was to keep running and hope that they threw the ball away.

Kramerica Industries

This is a riveting discussion Kay.

At least you’re not overcomplicating things.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

What’s he saying?

Robinson Tilapia

He only likes condiments when Jodi….oh, never mind.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Well. There’s an image burned into my brain forever.

Kramerica Industries

Delabar has some ink over an elbow scar from an injury he had a few years ago.

Ink in the form of baseball stitches.

It took an entire inning for Kay to realize it was ink, and not the stitching after the surgery. Quite riveting to see him realize the difference.

The Troll

Man on 2nd with one out. Only a HR can bring him in . . . Doomed.

JLC 776

Don’t make me cry today….

Kramerica Industries

Of course.

I’m shocked Jones struck out.

effthisnoise

thank God he didnt put Ibanez in there

CUYanks

The lefty is coming in for Granderson, so of course he would have just come in there for Ibanez.

Hummingbird S.

he´s no better nowadays, especially since they would have brought in a lefty.

The Real Greg

They would have brought in the lefty. I have no idea what Kay was talking about with the pitching coach. I’ve never heard that rule before.

The Real Greg

Nasty splitter

Brian S.

lol Jones

mick taylor

andruw jones does what he always does, when the game is on the line in the late innings, he chokes.

sangreal

does Girardi just not understand the concept of a platoon? Considering how much he likes mix and matching with his pitchers, I don’t get it

CUYanks

Lefty ready in bullpen.

sangreal

mentioned on the broadcast, but you can’t change pitchers immediately after a mound visit

The Real Greg

That’s BS. Never heard that rule before when applied to a pitching coach. I do it all the time in 2k12.

sangreal

Like I said, that’s what they said on the broadcast. Quickly glancing through the rules, I can’t find anything to back it up. Actually the rules specifically say you can make a second visit to the mound (but must remove the pitcher) if a pinch-hitter is brought in

sangreal

also, that’s why it made no sense to send McGehee down instead of Phelps

Cy Pettitte

oh well, get another double and try again in the 8th. lol.

stuart a

risp fail today is even above normal levels for the yanks.. Cano got a hit with no one on base what a shocker….

andruw jones does nothing for this team. he had 1 huge series against Boston that was it.. the guy cannot move and he strikes out like granderson………

the NY Platooners…….

Need Pitching & Hitting

curly joe?

The Troll

Well, they certainly are NOT the Yankees I know.

Agreed.

The NY Platooners. I’ll take it.

Robinson Tilapia

Prove to me Aaron Loup isn’t Aaron Laffey wearing a different shirt.

JLC 776

Oh, Curtis… you’re something sort of… shitty.

Kramerica Industries

Banner performance on both sides of the ball today.

Athenian

I can’t stand the smell of one run losses that should be wins looming over the stadium.

Cy Pettitte

probably not gonna get any better this weekend. I’m anticipating 3 1-run losses.

Athenian

I don’t think they will be that close. Orioles are still playing decent. Yankees, um, not so much.

Robinson Tilapia

Someone on this board is going to actually jump off a bridge in the next two innings.

Well… yeah. Sort of. You didn’t really think the backup and role-players we brought onto this team that are now everyday starters would look like all-stars, did you? The RISP thing sucks and has haunted the team all year, but I don’t think the barely replacement level guys we have backing up the prime players were going to do too much.

Need Pitching & Hitting

I agree, but a lot of that RISP fail hasn’t been the replacements. It’s been the guys who’ve been here and are supposed to be able to get the job done.

The Troll

No. Excuses. Period (Period). Period! PERIOD? .

Robinson Tilapia

Ampersand.

Athenian

that is funny!

The Real Greg

If the Sox can get excuses, so can we.

The Troll

The Sox are done with excuses. They waved the white flag and are a better team for it.

Athenian

I agree to a point. But this is a multi billion dollar team and to not have any serviceable replacements or call ups that can fill in is unacceptable.

You can only make excuses so long – starters aren’t injured (Freddy has held his own, Home Run Hughes has limited damage,) bullpen is a major sink hole.

The fact is that injuries have only exposed that THIS team needs all its starters because there is nothing else there. High to semi high on base percentage guys with high strike outs, inability to hit with RISP (2-13 today, think we have seen that before)and a mentality that “I must swing for the fences” is the problem.

You can’t keep blaming injuries. Isn’t it bad enough Jeter has had to step up and produce power and now feel the wrath of the every smart and brilliant Skip “Tebowmancrush” Bayless?

stuart a

good news the great grandy did not strike out……..

he did get the bat on the ball does that equal a run???

ja happ sucks btw……then again so does about 4 other pitchers the last 2 weeks that have schooled them…

Need Pitching & Hitting

lol…7.20 ERA is schooling them

Hummingbird S.

yay for Granderson, back to being a shitty platoon player

teddy

glad to see cano get a hit

Rocky Road Redemption

Gotta admit, right now we look pretty fucking sad.

For fuck’s sake, this is TORONTO. Win the motherfucking series, guys.

Cy Pettitte

here comes Lowe to eliminate all hope of a come back

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Derek Lowe in a one run game…Steve Pearce in the line up, Andruw Jones batting clean up. If you had told me this was going to happen in June my first question would be “so how far out of first are we?”

Karl Krawfid

Still time for that.

CUYanks

Derek Lowe is the new Sergio Mitre. Joe. Cannot. Resist.

Karl Krawfid

Catch the damn ball jesus.

stuart a

cano with 70 rbi’s. i think that is 4th on the yanks behind texiera, grandy, and swisher… i do not think any of them have had great seasons either jsut show how unclutch cano has been..

70 rbi’s for the 3rd or 4th hitter of a team 21 games above 500.. cano is underachieving and no one acknowledges it.

ichiro with that great arm has not thrown out 1 runner yet with the yanks that i recall…

I didn’t even have time to make my “See? Derek Lowe is in the game. Everything will be just fine” joke.

Need Pitching & Hitting

Playing like dogshit FTL

Rocky Road Redemption

Holy fucking shit. We look completely pathetic.

effthisnoise

.248. 2 doubles and a homerun. Scrubs always get geeked up for the Yanks

teddy

hey look a bunt, 1 manager playing to win, one not so much

Need Pitching & Hitting

yep. 1 run down in the bottom 6th = 1 run up in the top 8th

Exact same situation.

thenamestsam

It’s weird that they don’t just bunt with every batter since bunting = playing to win. Hire me as Yankees manager and I pledge to have every hitter bunt every at-bat NO MATTER WHAT. Lets get the campaign started.

Samwise Eddard

Well, that’ll be it. Lost 2/3 to a team so riddled by injuries that they make the Houston Astros look like a professional baseball team. Better hope the White Sox can slow the Os or the lead will be down to 2.

Kramerica Industries

I love how that Rasmus home run is going to be shown every game the rest of the season.

The Troll

All that talk about “WORST LOSS OF THE SEASON” – – – I officially nominate THIS game. Yup. They already lost. Chalk it up. The Troll doth declare the 29 4A Augustine Jays to be the WORST LOSS OF THE SEASON!

Karl Krawfid

Nice 4 pitches Joe.

thenamestsam

Really strange pitching change. It’s not exactly like Sabathia was getting shelled, only at 99 pitches, 1 run game. All of that adds up to Derek Lowe? Don’t get this one, and I started writing that before he gave up two hits.

Cy Pettitte

where do I go to get my refund for having to watch this month’s worth of Yankee baseball?

Get Phelps Up

I hope the Rangers and White Sox go their job tonight.

Get Phelps Up

*do

stuart a

6 hits today to go along with i think 5 hits yesterday. this team is hot at the bat……..

joba is behind a washed up 39 year old named derek lowe… this team is a wreck……

Get Phelps Up

I’m surprised you haven’t managed to blame Arod yet.

Robinson Tilapia

mike harkey has a beer gut……

my lobels roast beef sandwich is soggy….

where is my right testicle….

this team is a wreck

Need Pitching & Hitting

if arod was here, they’d be winning…

wow

why raise the white flag so soon?

this team’s going nowhere.

The Real Greg

I dont give a shit if they lose.

THEY ARE NOT WINNING THE WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR, GOT IT?

NEVER EXPECT IN SPORTS.

Need Pitching & Hitting

giving stuart a a run for his money….

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

This is great. I wish they could just comment each other.

Cy Pettitte

are you trying to tell me that this season means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING?

The Real Greg

The regular season in baseball? YES.

Robinson Tilapia

I’d love to spend a day in your brain so that I could then run like the fucking wind.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

If the regular season means nothing… how do you determine the teams in the playoffs?

I mean, if Eric Ortiz had it his way, the Red Sox would be in the playoffs ALL OF THE TIMES.

The Real Greg

Tell last year’s Cardinals that the majority of the regular season means anything.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Greg, half your posts don’t mean a single thing.

The Troll

This team was never going to win. The offense was never capable. Meh. This was bound to happen sooner or later. I’m all right with it. With the Sox most likely (OH GOD, PLEASE LET THEM BE OUT OF CONTENTION), I honestly don’t give as BIG a shit as I may’ve otherwise. I still have my Giants and the Super Bowl VICTORY. I honestly wish that the Yankees had pulled off a Dodger blockbuster. This team has lost its mojo. With all the injuries, I would’ve loved to see some fresh rookie blood. Hell, give me Pedro Ciriaco over Sebastian Pearce. I actually hate this team as is. Can I say that? I hate this team. Hmm . . . doesn’t sound right. If they lose this game, amazingly enough, I will NOT care. Ugh. I’ve been drained. THE FIRE HAS BEEN DRAINED!!!!! I feel icky now.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Sebastian Pearce.

Bwahahahahaha

Doesn’t hating the team feel STRANGE?

The Troll

Honestly . . . right now . . . It feels right.

Like . . . how Batman had to assume the role of bad guy after Harvey Dent died. It’s just . . . necessary.

I hate the Yankees right now. I’M MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

You’re combining too many movies!

The Troll

42 Wallaby Way, Sydney!!!!!

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

HAHAHAHA! You are amazing.

The Troll

It’s not your fault. . . It’s not your fault.

JLC 776

I hate this month… and by ‘month’, I mean July 19th (or so) through all of August.

They’ll probably score the run now, since they’re trailing by two runs.

Robinson Tilapia

I laughed.

Get Phelps Up

Now let’s send stuart up to bunt!

Cy Pettitte

Ibanez you idiot, now there’s no way they’ll score.

VCR1111

Let’s get some runs! C’mon Yanks!!

VCR1111

More runs please! Let’s go Yankees!!!

teddy

hey look another leadoff double, they blow this in say 8 pitches

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

C’monnnnnnnnnn Jankees!

Karl Krawfid

Yankees love playing strand the runner on 2nd.

stuart a

they have perfected strand the runner at 2nd. this is the usual yankee tease. get close, tough ab’s, no results..

ichiro is toast, the guy cannot even bunt…chavez had his 1 hot streak like andruw did and he is back to being a old, slow, 36 year old..

2 hits an inning eppley still in the game.. joba is the new hawkins(on angels now)…

bobtaco

They’ll score one so they can still lose by one…

Buffalo Bill

Mark Carig just tweeted that Ibanez is “another runner in stranding position”. I love it.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

HAHA. I’m going to miss him on the Yankees beat. He’s a great writer, as well as Tweeter.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

He’s leaving after the season?

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

This is his last go-round covering the Yanks. He’s got a new gig at Newsday covering… The Shmets.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

That’s terrible. I mean going from a winning atmosphere to that…

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

I know :( I can’t wait to read his Tweets about the Mets now.

Robinson Tilapia

Awesome. That’s how you do self-deprecating humor and still be a fan.

Samwise Eddard

It hit the bag! Now we have another runner on 2nd! Manufacture that run!

Kramerica Industries

There’s some sorely needed luck.

NOW, they’ll strand the double.

The Real Greg

The luck turning…

Alkaline

Did that really just happen? Something went our way?

Robinson Tilapia

Please score, Russell. Just please.

Betty, do something.

stanley a.

Did the Yankees just catch a break? What is this sorcery?

Get Phelps Up

Yay luck!!

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

I hardly say this: PLAY FOR ONE!!!

teddy

bunt please

Need Pitching & Hitting

how’s that working out for ya

thenamestsam

Should have bunted, Russell. Got to play to win. Seems so obvious to me.

Get Phelps Up

I hate to say it, but please bunt here.

thenamestsam

So that we can tie a game in which we’ve already used 3 relief pitchers and our two best relievers may be unavailable? Why play for one run here?

Rocky Road Redemption

Because we’re having trouble scoring ANY runs right now.

thenamestsam

That’s not really an argument for bunting. Either way you need a minimum of 2 more runs to win this game.

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

This is going to sound harsh but if Ichiro cant get the bunt down I will hate him forever.

Robinson Tilapia

I’m taking my son for a walk.

Just fucking win, baby.

Cy Pettitte

Ichiro can’t even lay down a bunt, you gotta be fucking kidding me

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Ichiro’s a terrible bunter. Everyone just assumed he was good at it because of the type of player he is. There was a far better chance of him advancing the runner (or, gasp, driving him in) on a ground ball to the right side.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

WHAT HAPPENED

Robinson Tilapia

Lobsters. Big and angry ones.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Noms

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

Lead off double, double off the bag by Martin to score the run, Ichiro couldn’t get the runner over (so fuck him) and now Martin’s on second with one out. You’re baseball boyfriend (chavez) is up.

The Troll

Bitch. He’s MINE!

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

Get off him, he’s mine and always will be. <3

The Troll

That’s all right. I’m already doing the dirty with Swish Nasty

Mandy Stankiewicz

Do your thing ichiro!

The Troll

Ha. I just saw (bunted foul) 2X. Funny shit.

Need Pitching & Hitting

Ichiro is fucking awesome.

Kramerica Industries

Son of a bitch.

And awful AB from Ichiro. What happened to being the best bat controller on the team? Brutal.

teddy

dfa suzuki, he a loser

stuart a

ichiro did not do his damn job again. the guy cannot bunt..

another overpriced old pice of s…

jjyank

whats a pice of s……….periodz!….

Rocky Road Redemption

When Rasmus caught that ball I yelled “FUCK!” and gave the TV the middle finger. I’m so rational when it comes to Yankee games.

Kramerica Industries

When I’m anywhere near the presence of others, I can act strangely reserved.

By myself? Total 180.

Rocky Road Redemption

Exactly.

The Real Greg

Another bad break. That falls for the Jays .

Need Pitching & Hitting

shitty AB isn’t a bad break, it’s a shitty AB

The Real Greg

WRONG.

Shitty ABs can lead to hits.

Need Pitching & Hitting

which would be a good break
It’s not a bad break when a shitty AB leads to bad results. It’s expected.

Cy Pettitte

Chavez just got unlucky that Lyon threw him a slider.

Kramerica Industries

Dammit to hell Chavy.

I miss the guy who could hit. Unreal – Martin hasn’t even moved from 2nd.

The Troll

What’s the line from Major League?

“These guys fucking suck” ? or

“Who the hell are these fucking guys”

Either way, appropriate quotes for this current roster.

Peter North

“This guy’s dead!”

“Well strike him off, then.”

The Troll

Aren’t you a porn “star”?

Peter North

Why did you put “star” in quotes. Are you implying that I’m not a “star?”

The Troll

OMG! It’s you! You have a big wang! A BIG WANG!

teddy

fail

tyrone sharpton

2010, pre steroids jeter woulda grounded into a double play in this situation, somehow #CONSPIRACY

Kramerica Industries

There are times I absolutely hate being right.

Cy Pettitte

Jeter was just unlucky, would have been a HR if the wall was moved in 30 feet

Rocky Road Redemption

Why, I’m shocked, shocked that the Yankees stranded that runner. I never would have believed it possible.

Samwise Eddard

Is this a preview of October? If we get to October which isn’t a given at this rate.

stanley a.

How many more times are the Yankees going to strand the tying run in scoring position?

thenamestsam

Maximum of 1. Math is fun.

oldmanalex

this team can’t bunt. can’t hit with RISP, can’t steal base and can’t play solid defense. a bunch of glorified homerun hitters who don’t need to get back to the fundamentals of baseball.

this team can’t bunt, can’t steal base, can’t hit with RISP, and can’t even play solid defence. These glorified home run hitters need to get back to the fundamentals of baseball.

tyrone sharpton

jump ship! jump ship! the season’s over!

http://thecarsboneblog.tumblr.com Raul Ibanez AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle

green tea ice cream. I’m in heaven.

teddy

in fact, they can only score on fluke plays

Hall and Nokes

Weren’t we promised 8 straight wins in 1-run games?

Kramerica Industries

Yankees were also the last team this season to win a game without hitting a home run.

stuart a

i think the yanks have won less then 8 games without hitting a hr…..

Need Pitching & Hitting

twice in one thread…. definitely need to throw a parade….give him an extension….

jjyank

trade him for king felix…

Cy Pettitte

good effort, good job.

Kramerica Industries

And ANOTHER banner play on defense.

bobtaco

Who is left on the bench to pinch hit for Jones?

JLC 776

Quick, give Girardi a bat!

Need Pitching & Hitting

Phelps, Hughes, Kuroda, Garcia, Joba, DRob, or Soriano

Mike N

Fucking Eppley?????

teddy

this is pathetic

Mike N

Now fucking Rapada? Neither D-Rob nor MFIKY was available today?

Need Pitching & Hitting

both pitched 3 straight
DRob definitely unavailable
Soriano was warming up, but won’t be used if they’re still trailing

Mike N

I like using the closer when available in the top of the ninth of a one-run game. I dunno the stats, but I think of this as like going for it on fourth down instead of punting. And the stats are that football coaches should be going for it a lot more on fourth down and punting a lot less.

Need Pitching & Hitting

I’d be fine with it if he didn’t pitch the last 3 games. Considering the likelihood of the Yankees coming back, I’d rather he rest up for the weekend.

stuart a

wow. cannot play any worse. 3 errors.

traling after 8 0 of 46.. only 1 in baseball.. that is sad..

don’t worry they have nicky and cano up next inning…i feel a lot better knowing those 2 studs are coming up….cano i am especially confident that he has the ability to get a big hit. he is on pace for almost 90 rbi’s this year, he is great. a true superstar on his way to cooperstown…afterall ask michael kay and suzyn w how great his swing is…..

Need Pitching & Hitting

Greg?

the piss in stuart a’s cereal

it’s all my fault…

VCR1111

Wishing, hoping, praying, begging for a walk off!

Rocky Road Redemption

Bad luck guys. If Jeter had just gotten the bat to hit the center of the ball then the runner would have gotten lucky and scored.

(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

Rocky Road Redemption

Prediction: Toronto will score at least one run this inning, and the Yankees will score in the bottom of the ninth but one run short of tying the game.

Cy Pettitte

nice to see Joba is, in fact, still alive.

Mike N

Just not on the mound.

Kramerica Industries

Nothing like the LOOGY walking the only guy he’ll face.

After a 1-2 count, no less.

Need Pitching & Hitting

nice job Loogy
Joba coming in, what could possibly go wrong?

Cy Pettitte

Girardi violating the Joba rules

Athenian

This is a funny game.

Um Joe, your bullpen is tired and dysfunctional. The only thing a pitching change does is get you exercise from walking back and forth to the mound – which lately makes you look like an expecting father pacing.

Rocky Road Redemption

Wow, hate to join the trolls, but right now the team we’re putting out on the field really does suck.

The Troll

You’re not trolling when you see things as they’re meant to be seen. You’re being objective for a change. Embrace it. Love it. Learn to like it.

Rocky Road Redemption

I’ve never not tried to be objective, and I still think we win the division. Just that the team we’re putting on the field right now isn’t going to cut it.

JLC 776

We need at least one come-from-behind, walk-off win… let’s make it today. I want some fucking pie already.

stuart a

rapada walks a ton of batters. shoup has walked 1, in less innings but 1….

rapada did not do his job, that is a common theme….

The Troll

Didn’t the Yankees used to have one of the best bullpens in the game? Wait . . . didn’t the Yankees used to be good? Oh. I get it now. The SWB Yankees have found their new stadium. So happy for those guys!

Athenian

And there is the white flag by Joe.

Bubba

Now the defense is offensive as well.

Rocky Road Redemption

Oh Joba. How I wish I had any confidence in you whatsoever.

Cy Pettitte

lol at Andruw Jones. are you fucking kidding me.

Kramerica Industries

And that’s the ballgame.

Fuck me sideways.

Need Pitching & Hitting

Andruw Jones is awful at baseball.

Rocky Road Redemption

So, we lost.

This team sucks right now. Hurry back A-Rod and Andy.

Karl Krawfid

Holy shit what a bad route by Jones lol

cjc

this team is an utter disgrace

stuart a

andruw is having a great day..

the predictions that they will lose by 1 are off since jones cannot move his fat ass……

Athenian

LOL!!! Seriously, is this a real game or exhibition?

Mike N

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

teddy

lol

Kramerica Industries

“Infield in”

Like it even matters anymore. How the fuck do the Yankees only go 3-3 against two teams that won, like, a combined 10 games out of 50? THAT is where division titles are won and lost.

Cy Pettitte

it’s too bad they aren’t driving to Camden this weekend, we might have gotten lucky with the team bus driving off a cliff.

Bubba

There is a hefty woman singing. Hopefully it’s just for this game.

CUYanks

Joba really has to finish this inning now. There is no one left but Soriano.

Samwise Eddard

I expect to see one of Mike’s first posts tomorrow be titled “Joba sent down to AAA.”

Need Pitching & Hitting

not a chance

stuart a

ANdruw jones should have caught the ball, the guy cannot move….

Mandy Stankiewicz

Andruw is done as a player.

mick taylor

adnruw jones fans unite. the load of crap can’t get a clutch hit , can’t field

Rocky Road Redemption

Maybe we should start attempting to play bad, that way the opposite will happen and we’ll play well! It worked for George Costanza!

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

When in doubt… SEINFELD.

Kramerica Industries

I’ll be sure to watch that at 2:00-3:00 this morning.

TBS is actually in the middle of season 4, which is Seinfeld at it’s absolute best, as far as I’m concerned.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

I never watched the seasons in order, so I’m not entirely sure – which eps were Season 4? (I usually catch the 11pm showing on WPIX, or whatever it’s called these days.)

(Sorry Mike – Seinfeld is a happy thing, the Yankees are not right now.)

Kramerica Industries

The season that loosely revolves around George and Jerry writing a pilot for NBC.

Umm…last night were the bubble boy and Kramer Cuban cigar episodes…tonight are the opera episodes (Crazy Joe Devola) and the episode with Daphne Moon Jane Leeves – the virgin.

The Troll

Mike, Anyone – Is this not the worst baseball you’ve seen the Yankees play in quite some time? Believe it or not, but I rather be a Red Sox right now. AHHHHHH! OMG. This season has killed me! My heart has shrunk THREE sizes!

The Troll

Red Sox *fan*

bobtaco

They’ll be lucky if it isn’t 13-5 when this is all over…

DT

I hate Girardi. He has a knack for making winnable games into blow outs. What a fucking turd.

http://twitter.com/erica_lynnnn Erica

You mean “Giradri”

jjyank

I’m not watchining the game, but aren’t D-Rob and Soruiano unavailable? Who was Girardi supposed to put it?

rek4gehrig

I think the real question is why did Joe has to use so many pitchers in this game?

DT

How bout not Derek lowe in the 8th with a 1 run game? Or his constant mixing and matching. Also with a man on second, and a right hander pitching he decides to stay with a really bad Andruw Jones…

Need Pitching & Hitting

Lowe sucks, but the other available options were Eppley and Joba, who both have sucked just as much as Lowe.

DT

CC could have pitched the 8th. Or have Logan do it. Both are still better than Lowe at least.

Need Pitching & Hitting

yeah, I didn’t realize CC’s pitch count was that low. He absolutely should have started the 8th.
The whole situation just makes the problem of only having 2 strong relievers more glaring.

jjyank

Not really any better options…but I guess that’s because Girardi is just a “turd”.

When Lowe is the first man out of the bullpen in a 1 run game in the 8th inning a team has problems.

I realize Robertson is unavailable, but why bring in the long man, use him for 2 batters and then start going L-R-L-R? had they comeback to tie it who’s pitching in extras? Joba, soriano? Then Swisher?

He did that same crap with Qualls… apparently when you have the platoon advantage the quality of the pitcher is irrelevant

CUYanks

I agree with this sentiment. I understand Joe wants to use his best relievers in leverage situations, but he tends to put his worth reliever in in close games trailing.

stanley a.

CC was only at 99 pitches when he was taken out. GIRARDIFAIL

DT

Aside from that homerun, CC was just being hit by a ton of dinky singles and defensive lapses. He easily could have given up 8 without much trouble.

Athenian

At least they went down like Champions, fighting.

Need Pitching & Hitting

So….
Shitty Hitting + Shitty Defense + Shitty Pitching =/= Winning

Hopefully the Yankees start trying a different formula against the O’s.

http://www.yankeenumbers.com Mr. Sparkle

6-5 against one of the most beaten up and worst teams in the league. Now, losing 2 of 3 AT HOME to that same awful team…in a pennant race. Not to mention losing with the (supposed) ace on the mound.

When the Yankees don’t make the playoffs or get in the wild-card play-in, this is the crap everyone should remember.

Reverse Mormon

This team is flat out bad right now. Really, what’s the point of even making the playoffs? They are so flawed in so many areas there is minimal chance they even get out of the first round.

Kramerica Industries

Shameful.

They deserve a good tarring and feathering after this shitastic display. Way to waste six games against two awful ballclubs, Yankees.

The Troll

This team could not look any more like toast. Honestly, I think they’re done. The playoffs seem extraordinarily unlikely at this point. Would this collapse be considered more epic than the ’11 RS?

DT

First off how is it unlikey when they are still in first? Eventually the team will get healthy. They look like shit now because they are basically playing with half a team. Also the ’11 Red Sox had a 9 game lead in September before blowing it.

The Troll

Rate of play . . . Two more weeks of this . . . They’ll be out of contention. How or why should they play any better before the REAL players return? Fuck the cavalry. Actually, I take that back. Any one is better than Jones, Ibanez, Martin and Stewart. I’ll take half the AAA lineup over the retirees they have on the field every day.

DT

Well due to the second wild card they basically have to lose every game for the next 2 weeks to get out of contention. I mean logically speaking that’s unlikely, even with the current rate of play. Orioles and Tampa have to play each other 6 more times too.

The Troll

But if one month is enough for the Sox to collapse after a 9 game lead, then why is everyone suddenly so confident in 3-5 games?

DT

Because the Red Sox ended up basically losing almost every game in september. That is a rare occurrence even among bad teams. You act as if this is the first time the Yanks were ever in a close pennant race this late in the season.

Mandy Stankiewicz

If they continue to go .500 they will not miss the play offs, so, no.
And can we all stop using the word collapse for every loss.

stuart a

lok at the lineup today.

a 38 yr old SS
swisher a good far from great player
a overhped huge strike zone unclutch pretty swing 2b
a old, slow, fat, swing from the heels rf
a AAAA player who has good #’s against lefties.

and on and on..

this team needs a total remodel…they are old, slow, platoon crazy team…

they have 2 very good guys in the pen and then bubble gum…

cano sucks.. 70 rbi’s batting 4th for the team 4th in baseball in runs scored……………….

FIPster Doofus

The 38-year-old shortstop leads the league in hits. His age is irrelevant to his production this year.

stuart a

my point is the guy is 38 playing out of his mind but it will end sooner then later…

DT

I see without Arod, you’re on the Cano sucks bandwagon.

jjyank

“a 38 yr old SS
swisher a good far from great player
a overhped huge strike zone unclutch pretty swing 2b”

You realize those guys aren’t even close to the biggest problems, right?

stuart a

i do understand but swisher is not a great player and people think differently.

cano is the biggest problem, then grandy, and then non existent catcher production…

cano is 29 and underachieving….

Need Pitching & Hitting

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone call Swisher a great player.
I like how you keep making up shit to argue against.

jjyank

You think Cano is the biggest problem the team has? You’re freaking nuts.

How about A-Rod’s injury, Tex’s injury, Pettitte’s injury, Nova’s suckiness/injury, the bullpen turning back into pumpkin, Martin/Stewart being so bad, and probably several other things slipping my mind?

DT

.900+ OPS is underachieving? He had a bad game. Move on.

Haywood Jablowmy

Cashman needs to go see hal and get the few pieces they need to win 28. Tex and arod down and no relief in sight.

dkidd

they’re hard to watch right now, but i”m looking forward to the fan confidence poll if we get swept by the o’s

not a happy day

mt

Hopefully O’s can lose 1 of next 2 before getting to NYC getting loss column back to 3 – ChisSox start a rookie tonight so it might not be until tomorrow –

If O’s win next 2 against White Sox, they will come in to NYC on a six game winning streak.

I personally think they are a bigger threat than Tampa Bay because Rays offense can always disappear at any time like it has in last 4 games – O’s must have so much confidence being outscored overall in run differential but being 24-6 in one run games winning 13 straight – also they have no pressure – nobody expected this. Also they have done really well in Yankee Stadium the last eight or so games. They will keep going until somebody tells them to stop.

dkidd

stop, orioles!

Kramerica Industries

No way are the O’s a bigger threat. The O’s are smoke and mirrors all the way, they’ve just mastered the art in a fit of lunacy.

They’re a -39 RD team 128 games through. It’s far too late for their luck to average out on them, but they’re still ripe for the picking in a short playoff series.

They aren’t the MLB equivalent of the 2011 New York Giants, who actually underachieved to be a -6 point differential team.

DT

It might not even out this year, but i fully expect them be to be a 4th/3rd place team next year. It’s like that Dback team from way back where they somehow won the division with a negative run diff and ended up back to mediocre next year.

Kramerica Industries

Exactly.

I’ll even be generous and say they would deserve a ~.500 record with how they’ve played this year, but long term, they’re still probably the worst off in the division.

This has to be 15 years of insanity finally rewarding the O’s.

stuart a

the O’s are in this with lou ford and the bum from the pirates in the lineup. a 20 year old SS, with andino or someone else at 2b and a starting staff of who knows.. the yanks cannot comeback late and stink in close games….that is a huge issue. they are having trouble in tight games because they are homer happy and terrible with risp…….

DT

They scored 6 runs this game without a homerun.

Need Pitching & Hitting

Yankees have won 8 games when trailing after the 7th inning.
Rays have won 7 games when trailing after the 7th inning.
Orioles have won 8 games when trailing after the 7th inning.

DT

Yea but it’s after the 8th that only mattered duh.

Need Pitching & Hitting

I forgot the 8th inning isn’t late.

Samwise Eddard

Here’s what needs to happen in order to turn things around-

1. Joba needs to be on the first bus to AAA.

2. Andruw Jones cannot play the field ever again.

3. Cashman needs to go down to the clubhouse and fire the guys up like he did in 09. Where were Jeter, Swish, and Cano with men on base? They need a wakeup call.

4. It needs to be made known to CC Sabathia that he is not automatically a #1 starter in the playoffs. He has to earn it. If it were me, I’d give the ball to Hiroki.

http://andyisking.com Andruw Jones Smile

Samwise, how dare you say I cannot play the field, I can play the field and always make sure the other team gets an extra base and hopefully an extra run. SMILE! Also love when I can get hit cleanup with the putrid numbers I put up. SMILE

Some say I’m the equivalent of watching a blood letting, but I say SMILE, and enjoy the show!

JonS

Hiroki HAS to get the ball as a the #1.

http://www.yankeenumbers.com Mr. Sparkle

I don’t think any kind of wake-up call is going to help this team. No amount of pep talks is going to fix the numerous problems this team has. It’s something that’s been building all season. Think about it. They’ve had one hot streak surrounded by a lot of mediocre baseball on both sides of that streak. Maybe the hot streak was a flaw and this, right now, is what this team is…mediocre.

As for the #1 starter. If this team somehow still makes the playoffs in any form, I guarantee that if both Sabathia and Kuroda were rested and ready to go, Girardi will go with Sabathia. He manages by rote and there’s no reason to think he’d do otherwise in that case. He’ll go out and say something like, “This is what we brought him here for…to pitch in big games. He’s our ace and I’d take him over anyone else in the league in any game you absolutely have to win.”

JohnnyC

Same difference. In 2 starts in the NLCS in 08 & 09, Kuroda has a 9.82 ERA. He’s not exactly Jack Morris.

Bunt Gardner

They were doing well until you started commenting. Maybe you’re a jinx.

http://andyisking.com Andruw Jones Smile

Hi guys–it’s Andruw Jones smile. Nothing like a nice day out in the park and popping up pitches (Chris Stewart is my twin in this area of expertise), striking out, and misplaying balls. That’s what I bring to a team. Maybe if the GM wasn’t busy trying to cover up his whore mongering in the offseason-he’d have done something to prevent this–but nevertheless I’m back in Bronx and sabotaging the team. SMILE!

JohnnyC

Wasn’t it just two days ago Girardi said, sure Andruw’s lost a step in the outfield but he gets real good jumps? Hoo boy.

rogue

Losing 2/3 to the Jays at home will be reflected in the Confidence Poll.

Bunt Gardner

Yeah, I’m worried about your vote, Skippy.

Samcro first nine

This team needs some new blood

RBC

I’ve been saying this for the past two years, but too many people still want to drink that big money contract kool aid.

Hummingbird S.

If Girardi insists on using the same toys, they need to be taken away. It’s time to release Jones, Rapada and Eppley.

JohnnyC

Those are the toys Cashman bought him. What else can he do? Tell the little man upstairs to paraphrase Goose Gossage.

RBC

They’re decent pitchers but they’re all OOGYs. We need pitchers that can last an inning.

dalelama

It has been obvious from the beginning of the season to those willing to notice that this particular Yankee team lacks heart and the fire in the belly. With absolutely nothing in the farm system the immediate future does not look bright. 4 to 5 more years before we are back on top. The stench of the Arod contract is going to last a long time.

RBC

Teixiera’s contract is just as bad. At least we’ll see A-rod hit 700 HRs when its all over. CC’s contract aint so hot either.

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